New College Oxford Chapel Services Hilary Term 2019
WELCOME to New College chapel. Music and worship have been at the heart of the college since 1379, when William of Wykeham founded the college for the increase of divine worship as well as the growth of the Liberal Arts, Sciences and branches of learning. Today chapel services gather students, staff and fellows to mark key moments in the academic year, and serve as a respite from the busy life of term. A few services are particularly for members of the college, but most are open to all, and all are welcome. This booklet includes the music for each service, and can be used alongside the Evensong card and Sung Eucharist booklet; but chapel services ask very little of those who come through the door, as the combined voices of the choir raise our pleas to God, and we are merely invited to be still in this place where prayer has been valid for many centuries. Whether you are a person of strong faith or none, a member of college or a first-time visitor, may you find peace and light in your time here. The Revd Dr Erica Longfellow, Dean of Divinity THE Organist is always happy to hear of potential choristers in school years 1 and 2, and auditions all candidates for choristerships. Formal auditions take place in January for boys in year 2 for the choir s probationer programme, which starts in year 3. The Organist also welcomes contact with senior school musicians interested in applying for a choral award in New College. Experience Evensong offers young singers an opportunity to sing Evensong during University Term and to talk to choir staff and current choral scholars. All information about choristerships and choral scholarships, as well as the Music List, Term Card, and details of concerts and recordings, can be found on the choir s website, www.newcollegechoir.com. For more details and to contact the Organist, please email the Chapel Administrator on nancy-jane.rucker@new.ox.ac.uk. WE are delighted that Frideswide Voices, Oxford s girl choristers, are returning to New College for a third Hilary term residency, with their Director of Music Will Dawes. They will sing Evensong on Mondays, usually with the clerks of New College Choir. The clerks sing Evensong alone during half term. More information about Frideswide Voices may be found on their website, www.frideswidevoices.co.uk. Timothy Wakerell, Assistant Organist Charles Maxtone-Smith, Organ Scholar Robert Quinney, Organist
JANUARY 11 Friday Mary Slessor, 1915 6.15 pm Responses, Byrd Psalms 59, 60 Byrd, Short Service Victoria, O magnum mysterium 12 Saturday Aelred of Hexham, 1167 6.15 pm Praetorius, Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Responses, Byrd Psalms 65, 66 Sumsion in G Schütz, Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe AM 142, omit v. 4 J. S. Bach, In dir ist Freude, BWV 615 TW
JANUARY 13 Sunday SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY 5.45 pm A service with carols for Epiphany 14 Monday 6.15 pm Responses, plainchant Psalm 73 Sumsion in G Stanford, A Song of Wisdom 15 Tuesday 6.15 pm Responses, Martin Psalm 77 Byrd, Second Service Guerrero, Dulcissima Maria 16 Wednesday No choral service
JANUARY 17 Thursday Antony of Egypt, 356 6.15 pm Sung Eucharist Tye, Missa Euge bone AM 4 Alleluia: Justus ut palma florebit AM 238 8.30 pm Messiaen, La Nativité du Seigneur Timothy Wakerell, Assistant Organist 18 Friday Amy Carmichael, 1951 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 6.15 pm Responses, Martin Psalms 93, 94 Victoria, Magnificat primi toni à4 Victoria, Nunc dimittis tertii toni Victoria, Ave maris stella 19 Saturday Wulfstan, 1095 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 6.15 pm Tallis, O nata lux Responses, Martin Psalms 98, 99 Howells, Westminster Service Josquin, Inviolata AM 115 Howells, Rhapsody I in D flat CMS 7.15 pm Organ Recital Robert Patterson St Etheldreda s Church, Ely Place, London
JANUARY 20 Sunday THIRD SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 5.45 pm J. S. Bach, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 739 CMS Responses, Martin AM 179 Psalm 36: 5-10 Jackson in G Sheppard, A solis ortus cardine AM 53 de Grigny, Point d Orgue sur les Grands Jeux TW (A solis ortus cardine) 21 Monday Agnes, 304 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 6.15 pm Responses, Byrd Psalm 106 Wood in D Howells, Like as the hart 22 Tuesday Vincent of Saragossa, 304 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 6.15 pm Responses, Smith Psalm 108 Ives, Edington Service Martin, Ave maris stella
JANUARY 23 Wednesday Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 24 Thursday Francis de Sales, 1622 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 6.15 pm Sung Eucharist Martin, Missa Speravimus AM 161 Alleluia: Amavit eum Dominus AM 159 25 Friday THE CONVERSION OF PAUL Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 6.15 pm Responses, Smith Psalm 67 Naylor in A Palestrina, Magnus Sanctus Paulus à4 26 Saturday Timothy and Titus 6.15 pm Tallis, In manus tuas Responses, Smith Psalm 100 Gibbons, Second Service Leighton, Let all the world AM 198 Hindemith, Sehr langsam (Sonata I) TW 7.15 pm Organ Recital Charles Maxtone-Smith Organ Scholar
JANUARY 27 Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY Holocaust Memorial Day 5.45 pm Brahms, O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen, Op. 122 TW Responses, Smith AM 199 Psalm 19 Leighton, Second Service Mendelssohn, Hear my prayer AM 331, vv. 1-5 Mendelssohn, Choral Andante sostenuto (Sonata VI, Op. 65 no 6) CMS 28 Monday Thomas Aquinas, 1274 6.15 pm Responses, Byrd Psalm 136 Gibbons, Short Service Whyte, Christe qui lux es et dies IV 29 Tuesday 6.15 pm Responses, Rose Psalm 142 Walmisley in D minor Taverner, Christe Jesu, pastor bone
JANUARY 30 Wednesday Charles I, 1649 31 Thursday John Bosco, 1888 6.15 pm Sung Eucharist Mozart, Spatzenmesse AM 149 Alleluia: Pauper et inops AM 119 FEBRUARY 1 Friday Brigid of Kildare, c.525 6.15 pm Responses, Rose Psalms 7, 8 Andrews in D Tallis, Audivi media nocte 2 Saturday 6.15 pm Byrd, Senex puerum portabat Responses, Rose Psalm 118 Watson in E Byrd, Nunc dimittis servum tuum AM 132 Buxtehude, Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BuxWV 176 CMS 7.15 pm Organ Recital Charles Andrews London
FEBRUARY 3 Sunday THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE 3.00 pm Oxford Bach Soloists J. S. Bach, Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152 and other cantatas for the New Year www.oxfordbachsoloists.com 5.45 pm J. S. Bach, Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 616 CMS Responses, Rose EH 380 Psalm 24 Tippett, Collegium Sancti Johannes Cantabrigiense Byrd, Suscepimus Deus EH 613 Eccard, When to the temple Mary went Preacher The Revd Philippa Boardman, Vicar, St Mary Magdalene, Wandsworth Common 4 Monday Gilbert of Sempringham, 1189 6.15 pm Vespers Psalm 23 Victoria, Magnificat octavi toni Lobo, Ave regina caelorum 9.30 pm Compline Ives, In pace Quinney, Nunc dimittis tertii toni 5 Tuesday 6.15 pm Responses, Byrd Psalms 27, 28 Stanford in B flat Sheppard, Beati omnes qui timent Dominum
FEBRUARY 6 Wednesday The martyrs of Japan, 1957 Accession of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952 7 Thursday 6.15 pm Sung Eucharist Victoria, Missa Ave regina caelorum (Kyrie, Gloria) Alleluia: Dominus regnavit EH 426 plainchant, Mass XVI (Sanctus, Agnus Dei) EH 301 8 Friday 6.15 pm Responses, Byrd Psalms 42, 43 Gibbons, Short Service Lambe, Nesciens mater 9 Saturday 6.15 pm Tallis, Te lucis ante terminum I Responses, Byrd Psalms 47, 48 Drayton, New College Service Sheppard, Confitebor tibi Domine EH 278 Buxtehude, Ciacona in E minor, BuxWV 160 TW 7.15 pm Organ Recital Robert Quinney Organist
FEBRUARY 10 Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY BEFORE LENT 5.45 pm J. S. Bach, Andante (Sonata IV in E minor, BWV 528) CMS Responses, Byrd EH 574 Psalm 138 Tomkins, Fifth Service Tomkins, Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom EH 577 t. Wolvercote Mendelssohn, Prelude & Fugue in B flat, Op. 35 no 6 RQ Preacher The Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft, Bishop of Oxford 11 Monday 6.15 pm Responses, Byrd Psalm 59 Stanford in G Stanford, Lighten our darkness 12 Tuesday 6.15 pm Responses, Grier Psalms 65, 66 Purcell in G minor Monteverdi, Ave maris stella
FEBRUARY 13 Wednesday Evensong sung by the Schola Cantorum of Cardinal Vaughan School 6.15pm Responses, Smith Psalm 70 Stanford in C Harris, Faire is the heaven 14 Thursday Cyril and Methodius, 869 & 885; Valentine, c.269 6.15 pm Sung Eucharist Britten, Missa brevis EH 396 Alleluia: Qui sequitur me EH 437 t. Blaenwern 15 Friday Sigfrid, 1045 6.15 pm Responses, Grier Psalm 77 Palestrina, Magnificat quarti toni Morgan, Nunc dimittis Byrd, Prevent us, O Lord 16 Saturday 6.15 pm Wood, Hail, gladdening light Responses, Grier Psalms 84, 85 Stanford in C Ludford, Ave cujus conceptio EH 485 Byrd, Fantasia [A final] CMS
FEBRUARY 17 Sunday THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE LENT 5.45 pm Vierne, Cantilène (Symphonie No 3, Op. 28) CMS Responses, Grier EH 93 Psalm 1 Noble in B minor Balfour Gardiner, Evening hymn EH 470 Reger, Toccata & Fugue, Op. 59 TW 18 Monday 6.15 pm Responses, plainchant Psalms 93, 94 Sumsion in G à3 Wills, By the waters of Babylon 19 Tuesday 6.15 pm Responses, plainchant Psalms 98, 99 Ives, Westminster Service Tallis, A new commandment
FEBRUARY 20 Wednesday No choral service 21 Thursday 6.15 pm Sung Eucharist Langlais, Missa in simplicitate EH 424 Alleluia: Laudate Dominum EH 390 22 Friday 6.15 pm Responses, Smith Psalm 108 Bevan, Magnificat quinti toni Tye, Nunc dimittis Byrd, Sing joyfully 23 Saturday Polycarp of Smyrna, c.155 6.15 pm Tallis, If ye love me Responses, plainchant Psalms 114, 115 Moore, First Service Leighton, The Lord is my shepherd EH 466 Karg-Elert, Harmonies du soir, Op. 72 TW
FEBRUARY 24 Sunday SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE LENT 5.45 pm Vespers sung by New College Choir with Oxford Bach Soloists J. S. Bach, Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 637 TW J. S. Bach, Gleichwie die Regen und Schnee, BWV 18 Schütz, Deutsches Magnificat J. S. Bach, Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 TW Preacher The Revd Peter McGeary, Vicar, St Mary s, Cable Street, London 25 Monday 6.15 pm Vespers Psalm 119: 73-96 Marenzio, Magnificat octavi toni Leonarda, Ave regina caelorum 9.30 pm Compline Sheppard, In manus tuas Victoria, Nunc dimittis tertii toni 26 Tuesday 6.15 pm Responses, plainchant Psalm 119: 145-176 Robinson in C Jackson, The land of spices
FEBRUARY 27 Wednesday George Herbert, 1633 28 Thursday 6.15 pm Sung Eucharist Stravinsky, Mass EH 319 Alleluia: Cantate Domino EH 425 MARCH 1 Friday David of Wales, c.601 6.15 pm Responses, Tomkins Psalm 16 Tomkins, First Service Watkins, Psalm 11 2 Saturday Chad, 672 6.15 pm Tallis, Te lucis ante terminum II Responses, Tomkins Psalm 84 Byrd, Great Service Palestrina, Ave regina caelorum EH 408 J. S. Bach, Pièce d orgue, BWV 572 RQ
MARCH 3 Sunday LAST SUNDAY BEFORE LENT 3.00 pm Oxford Bach Soloists J. S. Bach, Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV 182 Jesus nahm zu dich die Zwölfe, BWV 22 Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn, BWV 23 5.45 pm Parry, Chorale Prelude on Eventide TW Responses, Tomkins EH 476 Psalm 99 Wood, Collegium Regale Bach, Lobet den Herren, BWV 230 EH 471 J. S. Bach, Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 CMS Preacher The Revd Dr Jeremy Morris, Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge 4 Monday 6.15 pm Responses, Byrd Psalm 23 Dyson in D Martin, Te lucis ante terminum 5 Tuesday 6.15 pm Responses, Leighton Psalms 27, 28 D. Purcell in E minor Sheppard, Ave maris stella
MARCH 6 Wednesday ASH WEDNESDAY 6.15 pm Sung Eucharist plainchant, Mass XVIII Allegri, Miserere mei Deus Guerrero, Hei mihi Domine EH 414 t.ii 7 Thursday Perpetua, Felicity and Companions No choral service 8 Friday Edward King, 1910; Felix, 647 6.15 pm Responses, Leighton Psalms 42, 43 Whitlock, Fauxbourdons Palestrina, Sicut cervus 9 Saturday 6.15 pm Tallis, E en like the hunted hind Responses, Leighton Psalms 47, 48 Howells, Collegium Regale Palestrina, Peccantem me quotidie EH 107 J. S. Bach, Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BWV 658 CMS
MARCH 10 Sunday FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT 5.00 pm A sequence of music and readings for Lent Monteverdi, Domine ne in furore tuo Allegri, Miserere mei Deus Palestrina, Peccantem me quotidie Leighton, Drop, drop, slow tears 18 Monday Evensong sung by Frideswide Voices 6.15 pm Responses, plainchant Psalm 93 Watson in F Mendelssohn, Tulerunt Dominum meum 25 Monday Evensong sung by Frideswide Voices 6.15 pm Responses, plainchant Psalm 119: 81-104 Parry, Ely Canticles Ireland, Ex ore innocentium APRIL 19 Friday Oxford Bach Soloists 1.30 pm J. S. Bach, Johannes-Passion, BWV 245 20 Saturday 3.00 pm J. S. Bach, Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21 Oster-Oratorium, BWV 249 www.oxfordbachsoloists.com Choral services resume on Friday 26 April